Duurzaam beleggen is mainstream geworden. Met de stijgende vraag naar duurzame beleggingsmogelijkheden is ook de keuze in duurzame beleggingsfondsen enorm toegenomen. Tegelijkertijd is het onduidelijker dan ooit wat duurzaam beleggen precies inhoudt. Waarin beleggen duurzame fondsen en dragen ze daarmee
Weekly Digest Value investing has taken a back seat in recent times, particularly in the US where the divergence in performance between low and high growth stocks has been significant. After a decade of mediocre performance, investors are increasingly losing
Go against the flow Investing in lower volatility stocks can help preserve wealth in falling markets; we believe it can be an important allocation to have, and particularly relevant for investors with one eye on the end of the bull
Join us as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the W.P. Stewart Holdings Fund. JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE W.P. STEWART HOLDINGS FUND It is our great pleasure to invite you to the AB W.P.
As of the end of March 2019, the Japanese equity market represents the second-largest country weight of the MSCI World index, at 8%. This is a far cry from the 45% that it represented at the peak of its financial
Factor Research Quarterly Capturing the Value Premium in the “New” Economy Value stock returns have lagged their growth peers for a number of years. Our Quantitative Research team shares their insights on how valuation models need to evolve to effectively capture
Medium and Long-Term Return Forecasts | Q2 – 2019 Our medium-term baseline scenario is that of a late business cycle slowdown followed by a probable mild economic recession in the next three to five years. According to our calculations, the
Europe Insights Due to take place on 23-26 May, the European Parliamentary (EP) elections are approaching fast. The final results will be communicated in the evening of 26 May At the time of writing, if polls are correct (1), the
Corporate Governance is important to investors, but it is more complex than first appearances would have you believe. With contemporary CG measures running the risk of oversimplifying a topic that is too complex to be captured in a single number,
Strategy Espresso Markets have rallied but we haven’t seen investors go back into equities. Indeed, European-domiciled ETF flows show that fixed income was still the favoured asset class in April with $4.5 billion of inflows versus $820 million out of equity. Year to
The domestic A-share market offers the biggest and most diverse universe for long-term growth opportunities in China. Despite its size and liquidity, the A-share market remains highly inefficient and idiosyncratic providing plenty of opportunities for active investing. Local knowledge and
The S&P 500 hit all-time highs in April with investor optimism fuelled by rising corporate margins. But we remain underweight US stocks, and are instead attracted to the better growth prospects and valuations of emerging markets. Net profit margins in
Equity markets have remained buoyant in recent weeks: the S&P 500 is trending towards an all-time high, the European equity market (STOXX 600) is close to last year’s peak and the performances of emerging markets have also been very strong.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Equity momentum is strong and volatility measures have been on the decline. However, valuations continue to look less attractive. We expect a modest rise in interest rates in the short term. Inflation-linked bonds appear to be an attractive
Highlights European risk assets have underperformed amid disappointing global growth, political headwinds and a series of idiosyncratic factors. With global growth healing and political issues manageable, we believe that there is room for Europe to surprise to the upside in
Shrugging off slowing growth and uninspiring economic data, European equities continued to ride a “risk on” wave in April. The S&P Europe 350 gained 4% on the month. With first-quarter earnings coming in better-than-feared for Europe’s blue-chips, and with further
U.S. equities gained steam in April, powered by positive earnings, potential progress in U.S./China trade talks, and recent dovish sentiment from the Fed. The S&P 500®, the S&P MidCap 400® and S&P SmallCap 600® all gained 4%, and the VIX®
Equities have recouped almost all the losses they suffered during the late 2018 sell-off, with the MSCI All-Country World Index rising more than 10 per cent since January. But a repeat of this stellar performance looks unlikely in the coming
Economy and markets The start of the year saw most major indices recover with double digit growth after a disappointing fourth quarter of 2018. Global equities rose 12.6% during the first quarter of 2019, as measured by the benchmark MSCI
Still some juice left, but not much Equity markets have remained buoyant in recent weeks: the S&P 500 is trending towards an all-time high, the European equity market (STOXX 600) is close to last year’s peak and the performances of
How resilient is the rebound? The start of 2019 brought a rebound for global equities. After a bruising fourth-quarter sell-off, stocks bounced back despite concerns over slowing economic growth and downward earnings revisions. The Federal Reserve’s decision to put rate
Over the last two decades, US corporate profit margins have surged and have contributed more than half of the excess return of equities relative to cash. Without that consistent expansion of margins, US equities would be 40% lower than they
Fundamental Equities Outlook Since the beginning of the year, global equity markets have staged a swift comeback, turning around the dismal performance of the final quarter of 2018. Year-to-date, the MSCI World is up almost 16% in US dollar terms
Themes and implications from the Global Equity Investors Quarterly After a rip-roaring recovery from the miserable end to last year, it is easy to think of reasons to take a more cautious view of the prospects for world equity markets.
Overview Equity markets surged back in the first quarter of 2019, but it was only towards the end that we saw investor confidence start to recover. The first move by investors was to defend their core equity positioning and consider
Asset Allocation Consensus Equities June 2019 on Youtube: https://t.co/WD3mMy1JgI
